(NO DEBATE) I am Word of Faith because..... (NO DEBATE)

Balance · #1 20th May 2009, 07:40 PM

So why are you Word of Faith.

What attracts you?

What are some of the benefits you have had?

How has the Word of Faith helped your relationship with Jesus Christ?

What is the main message of Word of Faith?

This is not a debate thread - it so the members who are Word of Faith can share why they are Word of Faith.

peacechild4 · #2 21st May 2009, 07:58 AM

The solid teaching of the WORD!!! The deeper understanding of what GOD is actually saying and how good it is!! This teaching is so freeing.. so beautiful.. so exciting..

The great encouragement that comes because we know GOD as a good and loving FATHER.. who gives good gifts to HIS children.. who isn't going to strike you down because you fail rather HE sees us as righteous.. and it makes YOU want to know HIM more.. and more.. and more.. GOD lifts us up.. and we are seated with CHRIST JESUS in the heavenlies...

You are filled because you are learning so much.. and the WORD of GOD.. becomes a part of you.. rather something you just have to read and know..

I love JESUS more.. and I can see HIM much more clearly.. I know HE is with me.. without having to see HIM or feel HIM..

The main message of the WORD OF FAITH seems to me to be.. knowing who we are in GOD and living from that.. Righeousness is not just a word.. it is a knowledge of GOD and how HE sees us.. not based on who we are.. or what we do.. but because of HIM.. we are the righteousness of GOD through CHRIST JESUS!

GODS promises become our possesions now rather then when we are in heaven!!

All of this comes though because HE first loved us!! Love is central.. and faith comes by hearing.. and hearing by the WORD of GOD!!

Deba · #3 21st May 2009, 01:07 PM

So why are you Word of Faith. I am not.

What attracts you? I like the more moderate teachings that encourage me to have faith in God and the Bible. For me a Rhema word is easy to stick with, it's some of the other things that I just have to decide to stick with even when (especially when!) circumstances seem to go the other way.

What are some of the benefits you have had? I have believed I have heard God when everyone and everything else said I did not. Time has proved that I have been faithful. See next answer.

How has the Word of Faith helped your relationship with Jesus Christ? I think it was one of the little Hagin books where he tells the story about Jesus coming into his room and sitting on his bed and talking with him. I read this about 8 years ago and desired such an intimacy with Jesus.

What is the main message of Word of Faith? I'm not sure. There are some in the spot light who are distorting the message I suspect.

This is not a debate thread - it so the members who are Word of Faith can share why they are Word of Faith. Oops.

SharonL · #4 21st May 2009, 01:09 PM

I don't know if I am word of Faith or not - I really don't go by any teachings other than what God has showed me. I picked this forum when I came on a couple years ago because it said 'Spirit Filled.'

To me there just is no comparision in the Spirit Filled walk and any other teachings.
I threw out all the do's and don'ts and legalism from the other churches I had attended and my walk now is so beautiful and free - walking hand in hand with Jesus and guided by the Holy Spirit. Knowing that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He didn't just evolve into the man-made rules of some bondage some churches have.

Balance · #5 21st May 2009, 01:22 PM

One major thing I appreciate about the Word of Faith is the emphasis on our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The teaching of being 100% Word and 100% Spirit oriented has opened the scriptures to me in a way I never heard before. .

gennaoanothen · #6 21st May 2009, 01:49 PM

God directed me to hear the truth, and I found Kenneth Hagin, just in time.
the enemy wanted to kill me, I was lied to by the church that God causes the bad things.
I learned the truth, we have the authority over the enemy in the mighty name of Jesus.
now I walk in the victory.
Thank you Jesus

didaskalos · #7 21st May 2009, 02:54 PM

I am not WoF by CF definitions... but as you know I have strong leanings that way.

WoF is the only group I have found who dare to accept, believe, and teach the hard things. They buck the religious systems and do not care who likes it or not. They make hamburger out of sacred cows. WoF does not play poker with the word. They do not trump one scripture with another to the end that neither have any meaning at all.

They are the only ones I have seen who are persecuted for the word.
IMO almost everyone else caves.
They believe and stand on the word despite the unjust accusations and rejection by the nay-sayers.
Their experience is closest to what happened to Jesus and the disciples in the Book.
They are the ONLY group I know who is persecuted for the word's sake, for righteousness sake, and for preaching the kingdom of heaven.
They are the only group I know that has the "in Christ" teachings as front page news.
Hardly anyone else even knows what they are.
WoF is the only group I know that lives in the NT epistles. In NT, the Jews were falling back into the OT law.... most gentiles today are even worse. They are fallen back into a pre-law Jobian type mere theism where Christ is barely even mentioned... and then only as a sin janitor.
They are the only group I know that takes the Lordship of Jesus seriously.. as if it actually MEANS something beyond a title. They know that the name of Jesus has authority and power in heaven. They know that when we pray in His name... it is as if He is praying. They know that because His word abides in us, we can pray and know that we receive what we ask for.
WoF is the only group I know who REALLY believes and teaches that healing belongs to us by virtue of the atonement. Even the Pentecostals are pulling back on that one. Therefore WoF is the only group that really understands that we have all been healed by the suffering to the body of Jesus. They are the only ones who do not deny the body of Jesus. They are the only one who even come close to "discerning the Lord's body." All others, IMO, trample it under foot as if it were a common thing. Something to be despised and worthless. Terrible!

WoF is the only group I know that REALLY believes and teaches that we have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness.
Wofers are the only ones who REALLY believe that we have been redeemed from the curse of the law.... and that it means something.
They are the only ones who REALLY believe that all the promises of God have been made yes and amen IN HIM.
They are the only ones I know that accepts all these things at face value, presents them as true, and does not attempt to explain them away, cancel them out, or say that they are still subject to the yea/nay approval of God for individuals. WoF says they are have been given, done, completed, finished. There are no more yeas or nays. They have all already been yeas in Him.

Wof is the only group I know that equates the cross with the will of God. They are the only ones I know that seem to realize that when God required Jesus to go to the cross, that was a declaration of the will of God not only for Jesus, but for us. When God required Jesus to go to the cross, He was saying "I want them saved in every way that they can be saved." MOST non-WoF somehow fail to see this all important fact. THAT was a declaration of the will of God for every single human being and every single need they would ever have.

WoFers are the only ones I know who dare to say "we can know the will of God."
WoFers are the only ones I know who dare to say "Jesus has shown us the Father..." and then act like it is true!
WoFers are the only ones I know who dare to venture into prosperity and what the word says about it. Most will not dare go there for fear of the persecution.
Wofers are the only ones who dare to say "we are the righteousness of God in Him."
Wofers are the only ones who dare to say "I am a partaker of the divine nature in Him."
Wofers are the only ones who dare to say "I am born of Him and therefore if I walk according to my reborn spirit, I CANNOT sin."
WoFers are the only ones who dare to say "If I believe that what I say comes to pass and not doubt in my heart... I will have what I say."
WoFers are the only ones who dare to say "I lay hands on the sick, and they recover" and not second guess it.
WoFers are the only ones I know that proclaim Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith. He has done it all. We do not have to clean up where He left off. We do not have to suffer a little where He missed it. He did it all. There is nothing we will ever need that comes from any other source than Him. WoF is the only group I know that teaches that he did it all. There is nothing left to for us to do but believe and walk in the light of what He said and did. ALL ELSE IS DEAD WORKS, DEAD RELIGION, AND A MANIFESTATION OF UNBELIEF TOWARD JESUS AND THE CROSS.

Essentially, WoF sees Jesus off the cross, into the heavens, and at the right hand of the Father. They see that this means something more than just a rest next to dad. They know that WE sit there with Him.

That is about 10% of what I could write... there is a ton more.